Residents said the shooting took place on the second floor of the two-story Washington Place Apartments complex at 2300 Washington Avenue. Neighbors reported hearing one shot, which they said struck an unidentified man in the arm and left blood droplets on the hood of a car parked under the balcony.

Police gave no details about the shooting or the victim's condition.

Several residents of the complex said they were sleeping and heard nothing until police started knocking on their doors. But Edwardo Soumas, who said he has lived at the complex for seven months, said he heard a single gunshot and looked outside to see landscape workers in the courtyard scatter for cover.

"It's been a quiet place," Soumas said. "This is the most action I've seen here."